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- From: ccmlh@buitc.bu.edu (Mark Hayes)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: Apple 13" RGB Monitor Noises
- Message-ID: <108475@bu.edu>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 14:02:18 GMT
- References: <108057@bu.edu> <1993Jan26.183522.27816@syma.sussex.ac.uk>
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- In article <1993Jan26.183522.27816@syma.sussex.ac.uk> taph2@syma.sussex.ac.uk (David Joyce) writes:
- ->From article <108057@bu.edu>, by ccmlh@buitc.bu.edu (Mark Hayes):
- ->> My Apple 13" RGB monitor has in recent months been making a variety
- ->> of annoying sounds, including very-high-pitched whines, sputtering
- ->> buzzes, and the like....
- ->
- ->I would also be interested in anybody providing comments on this.
- ->My Mac is pretty new (last December) - a Mac IIsi - and it makes
- ->very high pitched whines (as you put it), when in a quite room
- ->can be very annoying, even giving me headaches. I find that if I
- ->move the power lead at the back of the monitor it changes and
- ->stops for a while, but this is not a cure. The noises go on and
- ->off frequently, which is extra annoying!
-
- For what this is worth, removing the outer plastic case seems to
- suppress the problem, suggesting that it's one of overheating.
-
- Of course, I'm not too thrilled with the idea of working with
- a "nude" terminal, what with high voltage and X-rays and what not.
- (Though its internal organs are still shielded by a metal shell,
- and the front part of the case stays on when you remove the back,
- so that from where I sit it still looks like a normal monitor.)
-